Johnson City, TN. Obituaries

Aug 5, 2006

Bill Pavluk, 59, of 506 N. Lee Circle, Johnson City, died Saturday, August 5, 2006 at his residence. He was a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of the late, William Robert and Marie MacNeal Branyan. Mr. Pavluk was a maintenance supervisor for the Johnson City Health and Fitness Center, was a Native American and had resided in Johnson City since...

Aug 4, 2006

Virginia E. Hayes, 81, of 903 Lower Higgins Creek Road, Erwin, died Friday, August 4, 2006 at the Unicoi Memorial Hospital. Formerly of Loudenville, Ohio for 46 years, she was a native of Greenup County, Kentucky, daughter of the late John Hayes and Molly LeMaster. Ms. Hayes was of the Free Will Baptist faith and had worked as laborer in...

Aug 2, 2006

Billy 'Jack' Grindstaff, 56, of 1205 Edgewood Street, Johnson City died Tuesday, August 2, 2006 at the Johnson County Medical Center in Mountain City. Mr. Grindstaff was a native of Washington County, TN and a son of the late Bill and Georgia Pierce Grindstaff. He owned Grindstaff Painting and Remodeling for 30 years . Mr. Grindstaff was a member of...

Aug 1, 2006

Elizabeth Vander Kaden, 93, passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2006 in Knoxville, at Shannondale Health Care Center. Elizabeth was a former resident of Appalachian Christian Village. She was born in Schiedam, the Netherlands and was the widow of Willem Vander Kaden. Elizabeth and her husband were active in the underground during the Second World War when the Nazi occupied and...

Aug 1, 2006

Ruetta Howell Bryant, 89, formerly of Unicoi, died Tuesday, August 1, 2006, at Erwin Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Yancey County, NC, but had lived in Unicoi for most of her life. She was a daughter of the late James Curtis and Hezzie Burdella McCoury Howell. She had worked for Industrial Garment and Casket Company in Erwin, before...

Aug 1, 2006

Joseph Preston Price Jr., 85, 220 North Gilmer Park, Johnson City, TN, died Tuesday, August 1, 2006. He was the son of the late Joe 'Lumber' Price and Wilma Bell Price. Mr. Price was a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, serving as a P-38 Lightning pilot with the 475th Fighter Group in the...

Jul 31, 2006

Mamie Mills Feathers, 93, of Greeneville, passed away Monday July 31, 2006 at the Crestview Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Home in Lancaster, OH. She was a native of Baileyton, TN, and had resided in Greeneville and Johnson City except for a 15 year period in Daytona Beach with her 2nd husband. She was preceded in death by two husbands, her...

Jul 30, 2006

Harvey R. Oxendine, 84, 589 Old Embreeville Road, Jonesborough, TN died Sunday, July 30 ,2006 at his residence. Mr. Oxendine was a native of Roan Mountain and had lived in Jonesborough since 1962.He was a son of the late George Washington Oxendine and Eva Jane Morgan Oxendine. Mr. Oxendine is preceded in death by his first wife and the mother...

Jul 30, 2006

Bessie Gray Arney, 83, 1431 Harmony Road, Jonesborough, died Sunday, July 30, 2006 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was a lifelong resident of Washington County, and was a daughter of the late Tolbert M. and Martha Ross Collins Ferguson. Mrs. Arney was a retired Licensed Practical Nurse from the Johnson City Memorial Hospital. She was member of...

Jul 29, 2006

Connie Miller Saylor, 49, of 1811 E. Millard Street, Johnson City died Saturday, July 29, 2006 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Ms. Saylor was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, TN and a daughter of the late Hubert Sullivan and Ada Eula Taylor Miller. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Ms. Saylor is preceded...

Jul 29, 2006

Hazel E. Willis, 92, 507 Pardee Street, Johnson City died Saturday, July 29, 2006 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Willis was a native of Caldwell County, N.C. and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Bryson and Emma Auton Land. Mrs. Willis was a retired employee of Klopman Mills...

Jul 28, 2006

When the Beautiful Son arose and took Margaret E. Crawford home to be with the Lord. Margaret Evelyn Crawford, 88, of 193 Hopper Road, Johnson City, died Friday, July 28, 2006 at her residence. Mrs. Crawford was a native of Mitchell County, NC, had lived in Valle Crusis, NC for thirteen years before coming to Johnson City. She was a...

Jul 28, 2006

Clifford McAllister, 81, 148 Stepp Lane, died Friday, July 28, 2006 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Mr. McAllister was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was a son of the late Arthur and Ella Greer McAllister. His wife, Rhoda Lee Danner McAllister and several brothers and sisters preceded Mr. McAllister in death. He...

Jul 28, 2006

HEADLINE: Mary F. Slemp NO PHOTO Mary Frances Slemp, 68, 119 Jewel Street, died Friday, July 28, 2006, at North Side Hospital. Mrs. Slemp was a Piney Flats native and a lifelong resident of the Johnson City area. She was a daughter of the late Andrew Louis and Martha Alice Sinard Sartain. She was a beautician. Mrs. Slemp was a...

Jul 28, 2006

Louise Miller Wine, 79, 5641 Bobby Hicks Hwy, died Friday, July 28, 2006 at her residence. Mrs. Wine was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a daughter of the late Raymond B. Miller and Evelyn Weeks Miller. Mrs. Wine was preceded in death by her husband, John I. Wine, one brother, Norman Miller and one sister,...

Jul 28, 2006

Jul 26, 2006

Carl G. Hamby, 85, of Homosassa, FL. died Wednesday, July 26, 2006 at the Woodland Terrace in Hernando, FL. Carl was born on May 15, 1921 in Jonesborough, TN to the late Leonard and Katie Hamby. Mr. Hamby moved to Homosassa FL. in 2006 from Bloomingdale, New Jersey. Mr. Hamby retired from the printing and bindery industry. He was a...

Jul 26, 2006

Ray J. Peterson, 82, of 4000, Englewoode East, Johnson City, departed this life in the presence of his loving family Wednesday, July 26, 2006 at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. He was born in Erwin, Tennessee, son of the late Sherman and Mittie Clyde Peterson. Mr. Peterson was veteran of WWII having served in the U. S. Army...

Jul 25, 2006

Johnny Ray Hyatt, 50, 127 Lee Drive, Gray, died Monday, July 24, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Hyatt was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was a son of John Hyatt, Johnson City and the late Barbara Wyatt Hyatt and was preceded in death by one son, Johnny Hyatt, Jr. Mr. Hyatt was a US Army veteran....

Jul 24, 2006

Floyd 'Benny' Henderson, 33, of 156 Frontage Road, Johnson City left his worldly cares behind on the morning of Monday, July 24, 2006 in Greeneville, TN. His life was cut short due to the complications of M.S. Mr. Henderson was a native of Johnson City and had lived most of his life here. He was a son of the late...